Titan International (TWI) Competitors

Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) and Titan International (NYSE:TWI) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LNN or TWI?

Titan International has higher revenue and earnings than Lindsay. Titan International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lindsay, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lindsay	$607.07M	2.19	$66.26M	$6.02	20.37
Titan International	$1.85B	0.24	$78.76M	-$0.12	-57.92

Is LNN or TWI more profitable?

Lindsay has a net margin of 10.91% compared to Titan International's net margin of -0.51%. Lindsay's return on equity of 12.86% beat Titan International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lindsay	10.91%	12.86%	8.07%
Titan International	-0.51%	5.76%	2.04%

Which has more risk and volatility, LNN or TWI?

Lindsay has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Titan International has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LNN or TWI?

89.9% of Lindsay shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Titan International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Lindsay shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.5% of Titan International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is LNN or TWI a better dividend stock?

Lindsay pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Titan International pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Lindsay pays out 23.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Titan International pays out -16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Lindsay has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Lindsay is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend LNN or TWI?

Lindsay currently has a consensus price target of $142.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.81%. Titan International has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.27%. Given Titan International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Titan International is more favorable than Lindsay.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lindsay	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Titan International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LNN or TWI?

Titan International received 54 more outperform votes than Lindsay when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.27% of users gave Titan International an outperform vote while only 54.88% of users gave Lindsay an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lindsay	Outperform Votes 281 54.88%	Underperform Votes 231 45.12%
Titan International	Outperform Votes 335 62.27%	Underperform Votes 203 37.73%

Does the media favor LNN or TWI?

In the previous week, Lindsay had 3 more articles in the media than Titan International. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Lindsay and 2 mentions for Titan International. Lindsay's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Titan International's score of 0.48 indicating that Lindsay is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lindsay	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Titan International	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Lindsay beats Titan International on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.